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A review by halcyonuncoil
天官赐福 [Heaven Official's Blessing] by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
This is one of the most breathtaking stories I have ever read.
Filled with character development so potent it left me breathless and reading far too late into the night, a leading couple with such overwhelming chemistry I couldn't help but to root for it and extremely fleshed out and nuanced side characters. It leaves no question unanswered and every single offhanded remark is bound to be some kind of Chekov's Gun.
I have never before read a story that was so enchanting that I raged, I cried, I laughed and I blushed and none of it felt forced. The pacing was fantastic, and the translation, though perhaps not always perfectly grammatically correct by English standards, was incredible.
The length of Heaven Official's Blessing might be a downside to some people, rounding off at an astounding 244 chapters- but as someone who hunts down fanfiction the second after finishing a book the sheer amount of screen time each character is given in a book so long fills all those needs itself.
There is so much more I want to write about this book, but I will refrain from doing so here, in part because I just want to rant over spoilers and fanboy over Mo Xiang Tong Xiu like I do every time I finish one of their books.
5/5 would read again
Filled with character development so potent it left me breathless and reading far too late into the night, a leading couple with such overwhelming chemistry I couldn't help but to root for it and extremely fleshed out and nuanced side characters. It leaves no question unanswered and every single offhanded remark is bound to be some kind of Chekov's Gun.
I have never before read a story that was so enchanting that I raged, I cried, I laughed and I blushed and none of it felt forced. The pacing was fantastic, and the translation, though perhaps not always perfectly grammatically correct by English standards, was incredible.
The length of Heaven Official's Blessing might be a downside to some people, rounding off at an astounding 244 chapters- but as someone who hunts down fanfiction the second after finishing a book the sheer amount of screen time each character is given in a book so long fills all those needs itself.
There is so much more I want to write about this book, but I will refrain from doing so here, in part because I just want to rant over spoilers and fanboy over Mo Xiang Tong Xiu like I do every time I finish one of their books.
5/5 would read again
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Torture, and Violence
Moderate: Blood and Self harm
Minor: Suicide
while all of the warnings are fairly graphic much of the graphic violence happens in flashback 'books' of which there are two. Each scene is a bit startling and off putting, but none exist without meaning and purpose.
The child death scene does turn out to be a fake puppet but it is very graphic.
Also, there is a scene where the main character is held down and repeated stabbed in fatal places for an obscene amount of time under threat of unleashing a plague. So that's pretty awful.